SF6 CMD Color Sync Feature Guide

The overall flow

From CMD file to ready-to-install mod

01

Load

Drop CMD files for one character and outfit.

02

Inspect

See material color slots, values, and inactive slots.

03

Edit or sync

Make a direct edit, copy a color, or repeat a pattern.

04

Export

Download CMDs or build a game-ready ZIP.

Good to know

Choose the CMD file you actually want to edit

Before uploading, check the filename: it tells you the character, outfit, and color number. Upload CMD files for one character and one outfit at a time. You can upload multiple color variants together.

Guide showing that esf009_002_cmd_001.user.2 means Cammy, Outfit 2, Color 1.

Feature 1

Edit and review colors directly

Choose an active CMD, expand a material, and edit a CustomizeColor slot. Compare its original and runtime values, use Revert or Surprise Me when needed, then save or discard your edits.

Choose a slotSelect an active CMD and material

↓ edit visual RGBA

Review the colorCompare, revert, or randomize

Direct color editor for Mai C1 Color 2 with ClothA_MainTare expanded, CustomizeColor_0 selected, and its visual and runtime colors shown. — **Direct color editing**Edit one slot, review it, then save or discard.

Feature 3

Color Sync

Use Color Sync to copy one source slot to one or more target slots in the active CMD. You can copy across materials and across CustomizeColor indexes. Every selected target receives the source slot's exact RGBA value.

Active CMD sourceBody00 · CustomizeColor_1

↓ exact RGBA value

Target materialTrim00

→

CustomizeColor_2

CustomizeColor_4

Color Sync panel with Mai C1 Color 2, a yellow source slot, and two teal Body00 target slots selected. — **Color Sync panel**Copy the active CMD's yellow source color into the two selected Body00 target slots.

Feature 4

Pattern Sync

Apply one mapping to the selected Color 4 CMD.

Color 4 sourceesf_ClothB_Chaps · CustomizeColor_0

↓ exact RGBA value

Target materialesf_ClothB_Tights

→

CustomizeColor_0

Color 4's Chaps color is copied to its Tights slot.

Across multiple CMDs: the same mapping is repeated, but each CMD reads its own ClothB_Chaps color and applies it to the selected slots in its own target material.

Pattern Sync panel with a dark-indigo Chaps source, the Tights CustomizeColor_0 target selected, and Color 4 checked as the target CMD. — **Pattern Sync panel**Map Chaps CustomizeColor_0 to the selected Tights slot, select Color 4, then apply.

Feature 2

Replace Color Everywhere

Choose a Find Color and a Replace With color. The tool searches editable slots in the active CMD only, then replaces slots whose full RGBA value exactly matches the find color. Other loaded CMDs are not changed.

Find exact RGBAFor example: #4F89D6FF

↓ matching slots in active CMD only

Replace with new RGBAEvery exact match is staged for review

Replace Color Everywhere panel showing four matching Color 5 slots replaced from indigo to muted red. — **Replace Everywhere panel**The result lists the four exact RGBA matches staged in the active Color 5 CMD.

Feature 7

Add your own reference images

Use the + button in the reference viewer to add your own PNG, JPG, or WebP image. It is useful for a custom mod preview, a color idea, or any visual reference you want to keep beside the editor. Added images stay local to your browser session.

Open the reference viewerHover it to reveal the controls

↓ choose + Add image

Your reference joins the viewerUse the arrows or Left/Right keys to browse it

SF6 CMD Color Sync with a custom Chun-Li reference image added to the reference viewer. — **Custom reference image**Add a personal visual reference from the viewer’s + button.

Feature 8

Jump between tool sections

Use the section rail to move directly between Load, Edit, Replace, Sync, and Export. Press the matching number key from 1–5 for the same shortcut. Sections remain unavailable until their tools are ready, and number shortcuts do not fire while you are typing or using a control.

Click a rail itemThe current section is highlighted

or press 1–5

Jump to that sectionThe rail becomes a compact bottom bar on smaller screens

Sync Colors section with the numbered workflow rail on the left and Sync highlighted. — **Fast section navigation**

Feature 9

Inactive slot handling

An inactive slot cannot be used as a Color Sync source, and Pattern Sync skips inactive sources. This avoids copying a color from a part of the palette that the CMD has turned off. When a sync writes to a target with an enable field, the target is enabled where possible.

Inactive sourceCannot be copied×

↓

Active sourceSafe to sync✓

↓

Target slotReceives color and is enabled when supported

Parsed color slots including an inactive CustomizeColor row. — **Inactive indicator**The inactive badge makes slots that cannot be used as sources easy to spot.

Feature 10

Current Changes and revert

Every direct edit, sync, and replacement is staged. Current Changes shows what will be exported so you can inspect an individual result, edit again, revert one change, or revert everything before creating files.

Staged editsDirect edit, Color Sync, Pattern Sync, or replace

↓ review

Keep or revertNothing is exported until you choose to export

Current Changes panel showing four staged Color 5 replacements with a Revert button for each slot. — **Current Changes**Review every staged slot change and revert any individual result before export.

Feature 12

Export CMD files or a mod ZIP

Export modified CMD files directly, or build a game-ready mod ZIP with the expected game path and mod information. Additional file options can save to a chosen folder in supported Chromium browsers; otherwise exports use the browser's normal download flow.

Reviewed staged changesOne or more edited CMD files

↓ choose export type

Modified CMDsBrowser download or saved folder

or

Mod ZIPReady for installation

Mai wearing the final exported color mod in Street Fighter 6. — **Final result in game**The exported mod applied successfully.

Feature 5

Edit an existing mod ZIP

Drop an existing SF6 mod ZIP directly into Color Sync. The app finds its CMD palettes, reads the existing mod name, description, author, and screenshot, then preserves every other archive entry when you build the edited ZIP.

Existing mod ZIPCMD palettes, modinfo, screenshot, meshes, textures, and other files

↓ import locally

Edit only the colorsUnrelated mod files remain byte-for-byte preserved

Color editor showing the visual color picker, runtime color readout, section rail, and reference viewer. — **Edit imported mod ZIPs**You can now edit mod colors directly without extracting the archive.

Feature 6

Fill missing CMD palettes

Whether a costume mod includes only some of Colors 1–10 or has no CMD files at all, Color Sync detects the character and outfit, keeps every palette supplied by the mod, and imports only the missing standard palettes from SF6 Colors.zip.

Mod ZIP with a partial color setExisting mod palettes remain authoritative

+

SF6 Colors.zipOnly missing Colors 1–10 are selected locally

↓

Complete editable color setChanged additions use the mod’s correct game path on export

A mod with 4 of 10 CMD palettes loaded and a prompt to add missing Colors 5 through 10 from SF6 Colors.zip. — **Missing palette detection**The app keeps the mod’s own colors and fills only the gaps from the shared color library.

Feature 11

Restore previous color snapshots

When enabled, Color Sync exports carry a versioned backup history inside backup_colors. Re-import the ZIP to restore the first preserved color set or a dated pre-export snapshot. A restore remains staged, reviewable, and reversible until you build another ZIP.

Original colorsThe first CMD color set preserved by Color Sync

Dated snapshotsThe state immediately before each later export

↓ restore selected snapshot

Pending Current ChangesReview or revert before writing a new ZIP

Restore Colors panel showing a dated pre-export snapshot, Original colors, and a successful four-CMD restore. — **Manifest-backed restore**Restore a recognized snapshot, review the staged result, then build a new ZIP to keep it.

Change a palette once.Apply it where it belongs.